This is an analysis of the poem The Sage that begins with:
Sequoia, growing grandly
Out of the long ago, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXb cdXdbd Xecece ccecfc cefeae XdXaXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 100101 0100111 110101 1100110 110101 1101010 011001 1101010 011111 11011101 111111 1111110 110101 0111011 1101101 01110100 101111 1101010 110101 1101110 010101 11010101 101101 1101010 111101 11011110 111101 1101010 010101 1111110 010101 1101010 010100 111101001 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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